Rick Christman

Rick Christman is the author of Falling in Love at the End of the World (New Rivers Press) and Searching for Mozart (Brighthorse Books).

“What the Buddha Teaches,” “Marking Time” and “Researching a New Text”

The Buddha teaches
Cessation of desires as
The key to Nirvana.
Life is like a wheel
Spinning on many levels,
Toward Nirvana,
Or like an old, but
Fast moving merry-go-round.
Spinning, spinning.

Issue 30, October 2019

Rick Christman

Rick Christman is the author of Falling in Love at the End of the World (New Rivers Press) and Searching for Mozart (Brighthorse Books).

“What the Buddha Teaches,” “Marking Time” and “Researching a New Text”

The Buddha teaches
Cessation of desires as
The key to Nirvana.
Life is like a wheel
Spinning on many levels,
Toward Nirvana,
Or like an old, but
Fast moving merry-go-round.
Spinning, spinning.

Issue 30, October 2019

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